Originally posted by D-Type Not all of us are familiar with the various specials that make up 6the Australian racing scene. Is it really too much to ask forSome captions please!

Oh Lord, please help me keep my big mouth shut until I know what I am talking about! is appropriate in this case...I for one appreciate the images that have been posted and the ensuing discussion...without any shouting in orange.

Originally posted by David McKinney It might surprise you to known, 275, that even non-Australians are interested in these cars but can't be expected to know everything they're looking at.Shouting otherwise, D-Type makes a fair point

Absolutely right, David. The postings particularly by Ken Devine and Terry Walker, inter alia plus their comments/commentaries, plus the details supplied by Ray and John etc open up a whole new world and era for many of us. Similarly with threads such as the Jerry Entin postings from the other continent, which generate their own extra information, we discover more new areas. Details become important. More power to all of them. The same applies to other regions, all good stuff.Roger Lund.

Oh Lord, please help me keep my big mouth shut until I know what I am talking about! is appropriate in this case...I for one appreciate the images that have been posted and the ensuing discussion...without any shouting in orange.

Another pic of Tony Dron in the W154 at Donington yesterday - this time in action, with the three remaining arches of Starkeys Bridge just visible in the background. In the Good Old Days, the track went through the middle one ...

Hmmmmmmmm I was guessing you were referring to the difficulty of replacing the wheels when they brake up, assuming he is going to race it that is.
I did see this car at Winton and thought it an excellent project. That Jag engine should drag it down the straits quite nicely. I look forward to sharing a grid with it one day.

Looking forward to the Silverstone Classic at the end of this month, here is a taster from one of its its predecessors, the third Christies' Festival, of 1992

One of the stars of the saloon car encounter, the late Roger Clark enjoying himself in a Lotus Cortina

Not to be outdone in the spectacular stakes, Simon Hadfield

Denny Hulme gets ready for his turn in '2 VEV'. A lasting memory of that meeting was standing outside the paddock bar at the end of the meeting, chatting with Denny, David McKinney and some of David's chums. Denny struck me as a humble and unassuming guy.

Originally posted by brucemoxon .....Might they be Renault 12 or 16 wheels? I'm no expert, admittedly.

So it seems...

Trust me, they are Peugeot 403 wheels. And they'll be bolted up there because he's used a 403 or 203 front end. I have no idea if it's Malcolm, of course, there are no descriptions. But we've trodden that path.

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Ray Bell
Trust me, they are Peugeot 403 wheels. And they'll be bolted up there because he's used a 403 or 203 front end. QUOTE]
Which will presumably make it eligible under Autralian rules as a period special, built whenever but from parts which were pertinent in the qualifying period, as with the VSCC here in the UK, as we have discussed before.
Roger Lund.

Trust me, they are Peugeot 403 wheels. And they'll be bolted up there because he's used a 403 or 203 front end. I have no idea if it's Malcolm, of course, there are no descriptions. But we've trodden that path.

Note to self:

NEVER question Ray on things Peugeot.

Mr Bell, sir, I bow to your far greater knowledge. I saw three studs and thought 'Renault' - you looked at the whole front end and got the right answer.

It looks a bit like Mark Oastler at the wheel, so I'm going to stick with Mal, 'cause I remember they look alike (being brothers and all).

Hope the wheels don't break. Might they be a later pressing or a strengthened version? It'd be a shame to see that craftsmanship damaged.

Originally posted by bradbury west Which will presumably make it eligible under Australian rules as a period special, built whenever but from parts which were pertinent in the qualifying period, as with the VSCC here in the UK, as we have discussed before.Roger Lund.

Only if it's a real car... not a replica or a car 'made in the likeness' of another...

Originally posted by mikeCI hope to be there sporting my new TNF badge, anyone else going?

Having missed only two (2006/7) out of the last twelve years, I shall be there this September, Mike. Willie Green is responsible for co-ordinating the British entries this year but, once again, it will clash with the Revival.

I can recommend the Circuits des Remparts at Angouleme; next one is 19-21 September.

I've been there several times in the last few years. It has suffered from the (totally incorrect) reputation as a demonstration event, rather than a race meeting. Nothing could be further from the truth. It's a great event, and one which could easily be made spouse-friendly, if incorporated with some of the other delights of the area.

This clip sums it up quite nicely (although there are some rather un-historic tyres on view).

Ian Scheckters March at a 2002 revival meet at Roy Hesketh. Ian was there as well but I never got a clear view to take a shot of him. He was kind of the star attraction and in those pre-digicam days one didn't shoot off endless shots hoping one might come out

Originally posted by Chris Bloom Ian Scheckters March at a 2002 revival meet at Roy Hesketh. Ian was there as well but I never got a clear view to take a shot of him. He was kind of the star attraction and in those pre-digicam days one didn't shoot off endless shots hoping one might come out

...Many times did Ian win in that car, and others, at Hesketh - I regret not not going to that meet... :

I've spent the last 2 - 3 weeks (escaping work, computers and the Internet) on holiday in Northern France and whilst trying to find a place to park in the seaside town of Etretat I came across this lot!

It appears I stumbled across the Côte d'Etretat Bénouville Hillclimb and the Concours d'Elegance was being held in the car park outside the town hall. Most cars had already gone, a Bentley and MG were leaving as I arrived, but there was still a few of interest. Many cars were British and are possibly quite well known on here.

Time to dust off a few grainy images from the last century..Again not really a festival, but the VSCC's June Silverstone (when they still had such things) in 1999 when it was time for another all-ERA race, and an excuse for all (but one - R8C) of the surviving cars to assemble.

It was impossible to get the whole line-up in one shot, so here they are in three bites:R-L: White Riley, R1A, R2A, R3A, R4A, R1B, R3B, R4D, R5B, R6B, R7BSame as above, but in reverseR-L: R9B, R10B, R11B, R12B, R12C, R14B, GP1 and GP2 and just out of shot, AJM1R14B, R12C, R12B, R11BE Types GP2 and GP1R2A and R1AA midfield dice between R4A, AJM1, R6B, R2A and GP2'Whizzo' Williams in R3A and Nick Mason, R10BIn his first race with an ERA, Martin Stretton started from the back of the grid with Michael Steele's R4D and came through to win from Ludovic Lindsay in R5B 'Remus'.